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Dreamers Cannot Be Tamed
December 16, 2016 | By Vanessa Lopez
                                

I knew since I was very young that I wanted to become an attorney. I always idolized the candid, zealous lawyers who are portrayed on TV and imagined myself arguing in a courtroom. Now that I am one semester away from graduating law school, I know that this was the path I was destined for.

 

I originally applied to undergrad as a political science and pre-law major. I knew I wanted to work in the legal field; however I was not exactly sure if becoming an attorney was obtainable. I am the first in my family to graduate from high school and attend a university. Although I always excelled in my classes, I did not have any family members who I could look to as a mentor to guide me through the college process. I primarily relied on my high school teachers and later relied on my college professors for career advice and insight. I was fortunate enough to obtain my degree in political science and truly develop my passion for law in the process. However, once I moved back to San Diego from Los Angeles, I again did not know the next steps to take to attend law school.

 

I started working full time as an office assistant as soon as I got back to San Diego and let my dream of attending law school fade. I figured getting my BA was enough of an accomplishment and I wanted to get out into the real world and make money (also, I had student loans to repay). About three years later, I was still with the same company, doing the same job in a monotonous routine.  I missed being mentally stimulated and longed for scholarly reading and writing. I knew I was not reaching my full potential working at this job so I decided to attend USD for my paralegal credentials. I was ready for the next step towards a career in the legal field. After an eleven month night program, I obtained my paralegal credentials with Honors. I was now ready to take the leap of faith into a new career.

 

I reached out to my various paralegal professors, who were all practicing attorneys, for letters of recommendation to add to my portfolio. I wanted to ensure that I set myself up for success in finding a new career. I expressed my interest in law school but assured them I was avid about becoming a paralegal. It was the ample amount of positive feedback and encouragement that I received that ultimately pushed me to apply to law school. Each of my recommending professors wholeheartedly believed in my learning abilities and work product. They assured me I have what it takes to succeed in law school and become a practicing attorney.

 

Two months after receiving my paralegal credentials, I applied to law school and took the LSAT. I chose to attend Thomas Jefferson School of Law because of the diverse student body and numerous success testimonials I heard at the open house. I felt at home when I toured the TJSL facility and could envision myself spending the next three years of my academic career here. Now that I am almost done with law school, I know that I made the perfect choice by attending law school at TJSL. I always knew that becoming an attorney was my dream but I never knew how to make it happen. I consistently thought about settling for less and being complacent, but I followed my heart through to where I am now. Soon my dreams will become a reality and everything I thought was impossible will be possible. I only hope that I can share my experiences and empower incoming law students the way my mentors have done for me.


Where I Was Meant To Be
December 5, 2016 | By Summer Young
                                

I packed up my car in Lake Tahoe and started my solo journey down to Southern California, a nice 7.5 hour drive down Interstate 5, with the scenic views of the central valley. ;) Anybody who has done that drive knows that there is not much to look at besides farmland. However, surprisingly, taking that drive was almost therapeutic.

 

It was the summer before my senior year of college. I had four Law Schools on my list to tour: two in Los Angeles and two in San Diego. Knowing that I was only one more year away from starting my law school journey was so exciting! I enjoyed the freedom of rolling down all my windows and turning my sound system almost to max while singing along with Fleetwood Mac.

 

The story is pretty interesting as to what happened next.

 

One of my best friends from high school had a roommate in college in Minnesota. I knew that her roommate was interested in going to law school. While I was on my ride down to LA, my friend from high school called me and told me that her friend was just about to start her Week One Orientation at TJSL, and that they had just moved down to San Diego a few days prior. Talk about the best timing! She told me to cancel my hotel in San Diego and to stay with them where they lived downtown for that night, in a building called Entrada.

 

I then stayed with them at Entrada for two nights instead of staying in LA. I took a day drive up there and toured the schools, but I knew that I wanted to go to TJSL. The building is amazing, the school is located in the heart of the city, and the admissions staff was so friendly right when I walked in and asked for a tour.

 

Now, coincidentally enough, three years later, I have lived in Entrada for over a year and despite me being accepted to the other schools that I toured, I knew that, because the pieces laid out so nicely for me, TJSL was where I was meant to go.


Thomas Jefferson: My Home, My Community
November 28, 2016 | By Diana Laranang
                                

I have touched both coasts of the United States but have never really traveled anywhere in between. Being born in New York but living most of my life in California I definitely consider myself to be a Cali girl. I love the beach, nature hikes, the outdoor malls, but ultimately I am a foodie queen. San Diego offers such a variety of food and you can’t beat the breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, snacks, and boba – plus, I know all the best places to go.

 

With my love of San Diego, I already knew I would be applying to only San Diego law schools. Applying to law school is such a daunting task because in the back of your mind you are always questioning if you made the right decision. Should you have waited, should you have studied harder? Being an over thinker myself these questions plagued me well into my orientation week at Thomas Jefferson.

 

What really assuaged my fears was that the professors and staff really cared about us succeeding. And something that will always stick with me is when they told me to look to my left and my right because these are the lawyers I will be working with in the future. Thomas Jefferson is all about its community and helping everyone succeed.


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Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law - Tempe, AZ

Baylor University School of Law – Waco, TX

California Western School of Law – San Diego, CA

Chapman University School of Law – Orange, CA

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law – Cleveland, OH

Creighton University School of Law – Omaha, NE

Florida A&M University College of Law – Orlando, FL

Fordham University School of Law – New York, NY

George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School – Arlington, VA

Georgetown University Law Center – Washington, D.C.

Golden Gate University School of Law – San Francisco, CA

Harvard Law School – Cambridge, MA

Marquette University Law School – Milwaukee, WI

New York Law School – New York, NY

Oklahoma City University School of Law – Oklahoma City, OK

Pace University School of Law– White Plains, NY

Pacific Coast University School of Law – Long Beach, CA

Pepperdine University School of Law – Malibu, CA

Quinnipiac University School of Law – Hamden, CT

Santa Clara University School of Law – Santa Clara, CA

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law – Dallas, TX

Southwestern Law School – Los Angeles, CA

St. John's University School of Law – Queens, NY

Texas A&M University School of Law – Fort Worth, TX

Texas Tech University School of Law - Lubbock, TX

The John Marshall Law School – Chicago, IL

The University of Mississippi “Ole Miss” School of Law – University, MS

Thomas Jefferson School of Law – San Diego, CA

Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law – Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

University of California Davis School of Law – Davis, CA

University of California, Berkeley School of Law – Berkeley, CA

University of California, Hastings College of the Law – San Francisco, CA

University of California, Irvine School of Law – Irvine, CA

University of California, Los Angeles "UCLA" School of Law – Los Angeles, CA

University of Cincinnati College of Law – Cincinnati, OH

University of Georgia School of Law – Athens, GA

University of Maine School of Law – Portland, ME

University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law – Baltimore, MD

University of Michigan Law School – Ann Arbor, MI

University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law – Las Vegas, NV

University of Notre Dame Law School – Notre Dame, IN

University of San Diego School of Law – San Diego, CA

University of South Dakota School of Law – Vermillion, SD

University of Virginia School of Law – Charlottesville, VA

Western State University College of Law – Fullerton, CA

Whittier Law School – Costa Mesa, CA

Willamette University College of Law – Salem, OR

 

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Linked below are the initial assignments that need to be completed prior to your first class session. Please review your schedule and complete the assignments for your assigned classes.

Initial Assignments - Entering Students Spring 2022

Initial Assignments - Continuing Students Spring 2022

Initial Assignments - Summer 2022

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Conference MCLE Materials

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Publications Authored/Developed by Conference Speakers and Moderators

After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers (2004) (Bryant Garth-Committee Member).

After the JD II: Second Results from a National Study of Legal Careers (2009) (Bryant Garth-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges - Advancing Holistic Review Initiative: Working With and Through Medical Schools to Build a Diverse Physician Workforce Capable of and Committed to Improving the Health of All (Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges - Roadmap to Diversity and Educational Excellence: Key Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical Schools (Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges – Roadmap to Excellence: Key Concepts for Evaluating the Impact of Medical School Holistic Admissions (Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Association of American Medical Colleges – Roadmap to Diversity: Integrating Holistic Review Practices into Medical School Admission Processes(Catherine Lucey-Committee Member).

Susan Bisom-Rapp and Malcolm Sargeant, It’s Complicated: Age, Gender, and Lifetime Discrimination Against Working Women – The United States and the U.K. as Examples, 22 Elder L.J. 1 (2014) (reprinted in Women and the Law (Tracy Thomas, ed., Thomson Reuters, 2015)).

Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Undocumented Latino Youth: Navigating Their Worlds, (Lynne Rienner 2015) pp. 1-13.

Meera E. Deo, “The Ugly Truth about Legal Academia,” 80 Brook. L. Rev. 943 (2015).

Meera E. Deo, “Faculty Insights on Educational Diversity,”83 Fordham L. Rev. 3115 (2015).

Meera E. Deo, Maria Woodruff, and Rican Vue, “Paint by Number? How the Race & Gender of Law School Faculty Affect the First Year Curriculum,” 29 Chicano-Latino L. Rev. 1 (2010).

Meera E. Deo, “The Promise of Grutter: Diverse Interactions at the University of Michigan Law School,” 17 Mich. J. Race & L. 63 (2011).

Maurice Dyson, “Promise Zones, Poverty & the Future of Public Schools: Confronting the Challenges of Socioeconomic Integration & School Culture in High Poverty Schools,” 17 Mich. J. Race & L. 63 (2011).

Maurice Dyson, “Silencing Race & The First Amendment: The Suppression of Student Expression & Curricular Coverage of Racial Identity and Ethnic Solidarity in K-12 Education,” 81 UMKC L. Rev. 569 (2013).

Mary Ann Mason, Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, (with Nicholas Wolfinger and Marc Goulden) (Rutgers University Press 2013).

Mary Ann Mason, Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, (with daughter, Eve Mason Ekman) (Oxford University Press 2007).

Linda Trinh Vo, “Navigating the Academic Terrain: The Racial and Gender Politics of Elusive Belonging” in Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, (ed. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, and Angela P. Harris, Utah State University Press, 2012) pp. 93-111.


Other Relevant Articles

College Board Access & Diversity Collaborative, Constituents’ Reactions and Contributions to the Plan for Action.

College Board Access & Diversity Collaborative, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s Second Ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas: The Decision and its Implications (July 31, 2014).

Fisher v. Texas, Amicus Brief of the College Board, AACRAO, NACAC, and LSAC.

Scott Jaschik, "Experts Consider What the Protest over Racial Tension Means.” Inside Higher Education, November 16, 2015.

Kevin R. Johnson, “The Importance of Student and Faculty Diversity in Law Schools; One Dean’s Perspective,” 96 Iowa L. Rev. 1549 (2011)

Angus Johnston, “Student Protests, Then and Now.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 18, 2015.

Sophia Kerby, “10 Reasons Why We Need Diversity on College Campuses.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 18, 2015.

Kerry Ann Rockquemore, “How to Retain a Diverse Faculty (essay).” Inside Higher Education, January 6, 2016.

Alexandra Svokos, “College Campuses are Full of Subtle Racism and Sexism, Study Says.” Huffington Post, January 12, 2015.

Undergraduate Access to University of California after the Elimination of Race-Conscious Policies.

Tom Wong and Carolina Valdivia, "In Their Own Words: A Nationwide Survey of Undocumented Millennials." Working Paper 191. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, 2014.

Peter Wood, “From Diversity to Sustainability: How Campus Ideology is Born.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2010.

Cruz Reynoso and Cory Amron,“Diversity in Legal Education: A Broader View, A Deeper Commitment,” 52 J. Legal Educ. 491 (2002).

Youlanda Young, “Why the U.S. Needs Black Lawyers Even More Than it Needs Black Police," http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/11/why-the-us-needs-black-lawyers?CMP=share_btn_fb.


Look for These Additional Publications Scheduled for Release Later this Year

Malcolm Sargeant and Susan Bisom-Rapp, Disadvantage and Discrimination Against Women at Work: The Gendered Workforce (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2016).

Susan Bisom-Rapp and Malcolm Sargeant, Acknowledging but Transcending Gender at Work: Applying the Model of Lifetime Disadvantage and Vulnerability Theory to Women’s Poverty in Retirement, in Vulnerability and Labor (Marth Alberson Fineman & Jonathan Fineman, eds., Ashgate/Routledge, forthcoming 2016).

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The mission of the Center for Sports Law and Policy (CSLP/Center) is to integrate Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL/Thomas Jefferson) with, and prepare its students for employment in, the growing sports industry. With its emphasis on both professional, amateur and international sports law and policy, its location in San Diego, and its involvement with the three other centers of academic excellence at Thomas Jefferson, the Center is ideally suited to become a major force in dealing with sports law and policy issues and preparing its students for involvement in the industry. Unlike any other Center located at a Law School in the United States, the CSLP is committed, through hosting of conferences and preparing of whitepapers, to helping find solutions to the major problems in the sports industry. As they are engaged in the work of the Center’s mission to help find viable solutions to the major problems confronting the sports industry in the 21st century, students learn skills as problem-solvers. Students participate in developing whitepapers, hosting conferences, competing and participating in law school competitions, specifically the CSLP/TJSL-hosted National Sports Law Negotiation Competition, and studying sports law and policy in a curriculum specifically designed to emphasize problem-solving skills.


Do you want a career in Sports and Entertainment?


Important Documents/Forms:

CSLP Program Overview and Requirements

CSLP Application to Enroll

CSLP Certificate Application Form

CSLP Event Attendance Log

Career Services Informational Handout


Certificate Program:

The Center for Sports Law & Policy at Thomas Jefferson School of Law offers a Certificate to students who meet certain requirements. Please note that any given student may earn only one Certificate from one of the Centers at Thomas Jefferson School of Law because of the required Juris Doctor curriculum.

The Following are the SEVEN (7) requirements to receive the Certificate in Sports Law & Policy (please see the ‘Program Overview and Requirements document on this page for details):

  1. Program Enrollment
  2. Units
  3. Internship
  4. Substantial Writing
  5. Grade Point Average (GPA)
  6. Event Log
  7. The Certificate Application

List of Approved Center courses that apply toward the required classroom units:

Amateur Sports Law (2 units) Introduction to Sports Law (2 units) Professional Sports Law (2 units) International Sports Law (2 units) Infractions and Compliance (2 units) Collective Bargaining in Professional Sports (2 units) Race and Gender in Sports (2 units) Trademark Clinic Seminar (2 units) Entertainment Law Transactions (3 units) Contracts Drafting (2 units) Negotiation Theory & Skills (2-3 units) Copyright Law (3 units) ADR Competition Team (units vary) Entertainment Law (3 units) Law Practice Management (3 units) Business Planning (3 units) Client Interviewing and Counseling (2 units) Labor Law (2-3 units) Employment Law (3 units) Celebrity Advertising (2 units) Music Law (2-3 units) Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Mediation, and Arbitration related courses (units vary)

*Other courses may be approved by the Director. Note that the availability of courses varies.  


Helpful Informational links for Fellows and Prospective Students:

Course Schedule

Student Handbook

Sports Law and Policy Fellows Program

Adjunct Professors of Law


Law and Policy:

The CSLP is unique in its capacity to engage in research and study regarding sports law and policy related topics. Through the work of the CSLP, Thomas Jefferson is committed to being a leader in the study of sports law and policy issues. Sports are a major force in our economy and culture, but it is rarely studied in depth. In the United States, it has been reported that we spend more dollars on sports than on education. Our nation’s media also provide more time and space (coverage) for sports and sports-related issues than for other issues covered in education. If such issues are studied in disciplinary isolation (e.g., articles in legal or business journals), the analysis is inadequate. The issues do not arise in isolation, in a disciplinary sense, so effective study of those issues requires cross-disciplinary study and research.  As a free-standing, non-profit law school, Thomas Jefferson is specially situated to build bridges with other major academic and professional entities and organizations throughout the world and is committed to doing so.

Students will be directly involved with faculty in hosting conferences, symposia and speakers. Students and faculty will also work jointly on projects and the generation of white-papers and other materials designed to contribute to improved policymaking in the sports law and policy area. With its recognition that policymaking and problem solving in the sports industry is by its very nature cross-disciplinary, students and faculty associated with the CSLP will work with those who are not necessarily lawyers within the industry to endeavor to find viable solutions to issues in the sports law and policy area.


Summary:

The CSLP is committed to being a leader nationally and internationally in the sports law and policy area. By providing students with an engaging and balanced curriculum and opportunities to be involved with leading lawyers and policymakers in the sports industry, the CSLP offers students a unique opportunity to pursue their legal education and interest in sports law and policy.

We encourage students to visit campus, attend classes, talk with students and faculty and see for themselves whether they would benefit from being associated with the CSLP, with its commitment to being a leader in the sports law and policy area.

Like the Center on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, or join us on LinkedIn.  You can also Connect with the student-led Sports Law Society.


Contact:

Jeremy M. Evans, Esq. Director, Center for Sports Law & Policy

Thomas Jefferson School of Law 1155 Island Avenue San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: 619-961-4204 Fax: 619-961-1204 E-Mail: jevans@tjsl.edu  Website: http://www.tjsl.edu/sports-law-policy


About the CSLP Director


Programs Planned for 2015:

1. National Sports Law Negotiation Competition 2015

 

Past Competitions, Conferences & Events:  

2015:

Panel Discussion about NCAA Athletes: Should They Be Paid?

CSLP Speakers Series Featured S.D. Padres Asst. GM of Baseball Operations

Padres Speakers Series: Tom Seidler, Ownership Group at San Diego Padres

Minor League Baseball Owner and GM Make Up CSLP Panel

Director of the Center for Sports Law & Policy Speaks at Berkeley

Jeremy Evans ‘11 Shares his Advice and his Journey

TJSL Baseball Arbitration Team Competes in New Orleans


2014:

CSLP Holds Second Installment of Padres Speakers Series

Successful National Sports Law Negotiation Competition & Sports Law Conference

Center for Sports Law and Policy Tours U.S. Olympic Training Center

CSLP Presents the “Padres Speakers Series:” Jarrod Dillon

Upcoming National Sports Law Negotiation Competition & Sports Law Conference

Sports Law Fellows from the Center for Sports Law & Policy Discuss Their Success

CSLP Fellows Visit Callaway Golf

TJSL Student Reports from the 2014 Brazil World Cup

Sports Fellows Attend 40th Annual Sports Lawyers Association Annual Meeting

Working in Sports Law: An Overview of Available Careers, April 22, 2014

TJSL Alums working in Entertainment Law: Film, Television, & Radio, April 12, 2014

Center for Sports Law & Policy Director and Fellows Visit TaylorMade Golf Company, March 21, 2014

“Super Agent” Leigh Steinberg Educates TJSL Students about the Business of Sports, February 21, 2014

The Center for Sports Law & Policy Appoints New Director

TJSL Represented at the 7th Annual National Baseball Arbitration Competition


2013:

Successful Center for Sports Law & Policy Conference

Third Annual NSLNC Continues to Raise the Bar

Starting Women's Intercollegiate Football

Students' Sports Law White Papers Earn Recognition

TJSL’s Baseball Arbitration Team Competes Well at Tulane Event


2012:

Gladiators in the 21st Century: Violence and Injuries in Athletics

Sports Law Negotiation Competition & Symposium a Major League Success

Excitement Builds for TJSL Sports Law Negotiation Competition

TJSL Captures First Place at Tulane Baseball Arbitration Competition


2011:

The BCS and the Future of Big-Time College Football

Inaugural NSLNC Scores Big Win with Participants

National Sports Law Negotiation Competition & Symposium

Leading Sports Law Expert to Head TJSL’s New Center for Sports Law and Policy


Other Sports Organizations:

Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies 2016

Sports Lawyers Association

American Bar Association, Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industry

State Bar of California, Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group, Intellectual Property Law Section

San Diego County Bar Association, Entertainment & Sports Law Section

San Diego Entertainment & Sports Lawyers

San Diego Sport Innovators

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Source: San Diego Lawyer Magazine’s Jan/Feb 2015 issue

Deciding how to best use your law degree in today’s versatile market can be exciting and daunting. You are trying to find the best area of practice when each one creates unique opportunities and experiences. Although law firms will continue to be the largest employers of lawyers, many large corporations are increasing their in-house legal departments to cut costs. This has led to an increase in the demand of lawyers in a variety of settings, such as real-estate, financial and insurance firms, consulting firms, and healthcare providers.

 

Lawyers will continue to be needed in the federal government to prosecute or defend civil cases on behalf of the United States, prosecute criminal cases brought by the federal government, and collect money owed to the federal government. United States Department of Labor

 

Take a look at all of the career paths you should consider.

 

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